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PuTTy

Why do we want to do this?
Because we do not want people to sniff / logging our activity. So, we would want to encrypt what we are sending and receiving over the net. This is the most easy and cheap way to set up proxy using SSH connection, provided you already have SSH access to a server / host.

Requirements:
[*] Linux server with SSH service running (regular account will do, as long as you have SSH access).
[*] PuTTY, download from here.

PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator. It is written and maintained primarily by Simon Tatham. Official PuTTY site is: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/. PuTTY is an open source software and its free, licensed under MIT license. I’ve been using PuTTY for years, its easy […] Continue reading →